After reports that Lenovo, HTC and Xiaomi had dropped the idea of using the Helio X20 in phones because of overheating problems, Mediatek have spoken back.
If rumours of Mediatek’s Helio X20 overheating caused a case of deja vu for you yesterday, then prepare to get hit with another deja vu moment.
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Just as Qualcomm did before them, Mediatek have also taken to social media in an attempt to quash rumours and state that there is not overheating issues with their 10 core processor.
We can’t be sure if this is true, and if Mediatek are just hoping they can fix overheating problems before the chipset launches in phones later this month.
The Mediatek Helio X20 is a 10 core chipset with a tri-cluster design allowing the SoC to change gears depending on the tasks its asked to perform.
I say BullShit. 🙂
Usually everything you say is BullShit ;).
Anyone know if the snapdragon also is overheating ? Qualcomm SoC normally also haveing this overheat problem
I wouldn’t say “normally”: the sd801 and 805 are some of the best socs ever made even today, and they do not “over” heat, they just heat up like a normal chip would do. The problem came this year, on the 64bit generation, due to the fact they were forced to give up on their usual architecture, but now they have a new architecture so it should be less problematic. But, so far, we know nothing about how 2016 chips but some antutu scores, so we must wait and see real life performance
The 810 and 615 both had issues with overheating but Qualcomm doesn’t exactly have a history with it. High performance chips will heat up with usage, but that is not the same as we are talking about here.
Yeah sure, the guys @Qualcomm were claiming the same. 😉
It does say that the chip throttle’s down to using the A53 cores rather than the A72 ones, and basically that means that the A72’s are there for benchmarks.
Take it as you will, but real usage will show. At least we can be sure that the Mali 880MP4 will offer plenty of gaming performance(somewhere around 50% over the X10), so I`m fine with that.
Core Pilot 3 (pdf warning) http://cdn-cw.mediatek.com/White%20Papers/MediaTek%20CorePilot%203.0%20White%20Paper%20PDFCP3WP%200915.pdf
Count me in
A72s for Xtreme gaming parts+Bragging rights and cheaper option than Qualcomms offerings
bragging rights… XD XD
You sir made my day, thank you very much
I’m still amazed by how the people of Apple get their A9 with just 2 cores but a lot of GPU power to excel over the new sd820… Hope mediatek will one day wake up and go over everything that needs the GPU. IMAGINE A NICE MTK X12 WITH A SIX CORE GPU…
JUST DAY DREAMING HERE.
SD820 has a faster GPU than the iphone , at least short term perf.How much it throttles and what’s the sustained perf, remains to be seen.
Hahaha ha glad to hear that
Meh… A couple of months and we’ll see: Qualcomm used to say 810 didn’t overheat even when there were plenty of evidence, obviously there’s no wonder mediatek saying something like that before the chip’s out
O RLY?….Hmph! Well We just wait and see…Hopefully they are not dishonest as qualcomm!
So i would keep my finger cross and wait!
I say BullShit. 🙂
Usually everything you say is BullShit ;).
Anyone know if the snapdragon also is overheating ? Qualcomm SoC normally also haveing this overheat problem
I wouldn’t say “normally”: the sd801 and 805 are some of the best socs ever made even today, and they do not “over” heat, they just heat up like a normal chip would do. The problem came this year, on the 64bit generation, due to the fact they were forced to give up on their usual architecture, but now they have a new architecture so it should be less problematic. But, so far, we know nothing about how 2016 chips but some antutu scores, so we must wait and see real life performance
The 810 and 615 both had issues with overheating but Qualcomm doesn’t exactly have a history with it. High performance chips will heat up with usage, but that is not the same as we are talking about here.
Yeah sure, the guys @Qualcomm were claiming the same. 😉
Well as other pointed out (‘cuz it was not mentioned in the article itself) they claim something I assumed yesterday. When the 2 big guys should not go higher then they take a break to cool off while the other cores take the punch.
It does say that the chip throttle’s down to using the A53 cores rather than the A72 ones, and basically that means that the A72’s are there for benchmarks.
Take it as you will, but real usage will show. At least we can be sure that the Mali 880MP4 will offer plenty of gaming performance(somewhere around 50% over the X10), so I`m fine with that.
Core Pilot 3 (pdf warning) http://cdn-cw.mediatek.com/White%20Papers/MediaTek%20CorePilot%203.0%20White%20Paper%20PDFCP3WP%200915.pdf
Count me in
A72s for Xtreme gaming parts+Bragging rights and cheaper option than Qualcomms offerings
bragging rights… XD XD
You sir made my day, thank you very much
I’m still amazed by how the people of Apple get their A9 with just 2 cores but a lot of GPU power to excel over the new sd820… Hope mediatek will one day wake up and go over everything that needs the GPU. IMAGINE A NICE MTK X12 WITH A SIX CORE GPU…
JUST DAY DREAMING HERE.
Hahaha ha glad to hear that
SD820 has a faster GPU than the iphone , at least short term perf.How much it throttles and what’s the sustained perf, remains to be seen.
Until we get actual devices in our hands this is all “he said/she said”. MWC is only a few weeks away and then we will find out who is and isn’t launching X20 phones, what problems they have or don’t have and the same with the 820.
Meh… A couple of months and we’ll see: Qualcomm used to say 810 didn’t overheat even when there were plenty of evidence, obviously there’s no wonder mediatek saying something like that before the chip’s out
O RLY?….Hmph! Well We just wait and see…Hopefully they are not dishonest as qualcomm!
So i would keep my finger cross and wait!
Well as other pointed out (‘cuz it was not mentioned in the article itself) they claim something I assumed yesterday. When the 2 big guys should not go higher then they take a break to cool off while the other cores take the punch.
Until we get actual devices in our hands this is all “he said/she said”. MWC is only a few weeks away and then we will find out who is and isn’t launching X20 phones, what problems they have or don’t have and the same with the 820.
Ofcourse, this is the standard response. It would be a bummer if they’d say: yes, don’t buy our X20, it has overheating issues
Ofcourse, this is the standard response. It would be a bummer if they’d say: yes, don’t buy our X20, it has overheating issues
Just for the record, I am not a heavy user, but my Nexus 6P does not overheat. It gets warm when I use the GPS but then my Be Pro got much warmer when using GPS.
You won’t notice it without heavy use. But phones released in the second half of last year made changes to their designs to deal with the overheating so the users wouldn’t notice it as much.
Just for the record, I am not a heavy user, but my Nexus 6P does not overheat. It gets warm when I use the GPS but then my Be Pro got much warmer when using GPS.
You won’t notice it without heavy use. But phones released in the second half of last year made changes to their designs to deal with the overheating so the users wouldn’t notice it as much.
It won’t overheat, but it only slow the clock down, throttle, turn some cores off, and rendering the phone become unusable.
It won’t overheat, but it only slow the clock down, throttle, turn some cores off, and rendering the phone become unusable.